People / Kristina Pierre-Louis

Biography

Kristina Pierre-Louis is an associate in the Litigation, Insurance Recovery, and Trials Practice Groups in Haynes Boone's Dallas office.

Kristina focuses her commercial and franchise litigation practice on representing individuals and businesses in high-stakes civil disputes spanning a wide range of industries. In her insurance practice, Kristina represents corporate policyholders in complex insurance recovery matters to maximize recoveries. Her experience in all stages of litigation—including mediation, trial/arbitration, and appeals—informs the strategies she offers her clients to resolve matters effectively.

She received her law degree from Penn State Law where she served as the Justice of the William Penn Chapter of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International and a clinical fellow in the Family Law Clinic. She received her undergraduate degree in international business from Pepperdine University while working at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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  • State Bar of Texas
  • Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
  • Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation, Fellow
  • Dallas Bar Association, WE LEAD 2024 Leadership Class.
  • American Bar Association
  • Dallas Women Lawyers Association
  • National Association of Women Lawyers
  • National Summit of Black Women Lawyers
  • Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession
  • Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
  • The NEW Roundtable
  • Minority Corporate Counsel Association
  • Corporate Counsel Women of Color
  • Texas Women’s Foundation
  • Recognized by D Magazine, D Magazine Partners, "Best Lawyers under 40" in Litigation, 2024-2025
  • Included in the National Association of Women Lawyers Rising List, 2024
  • Included in Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars directory, Thomson Reuters, 2023-2024
  • Recognized by The National Black Lawyers, “Top 40 under 40”in Texas, 2022
  • Named by the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers as “One to Watch” (November 2018)
  • SMU Annual Texas Survey: Franchise Law 2023.

Education

J.D., Penn State Dickinson School of Law, 2014

B.S., International Business, Pepperdine University, 2011

Admissions

Texas

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado